WOW! - Shipyard American Pale Ale

[kngsze]

Over the weekend I had a pint of a beer I had all but forgotten about – Shipyard American Pale Ale. I had forgotten how great it was. A lovely, light, creamy pint bursting with fruity/citrus zestyness!

I need more of this in my life, and want to attempt to clone it. My google-fu hasn’t turned up much in the way of others who have tried.

Here is what their UK site says about the beer:

“The beer is dry hopped for greater aroma and flavour with a quartet of four American hop varieties - Chinook, Cascade, Columbus and Centennial delivering a big, bold, brash hoppy beer”.

The US site shows a few different hops & lists UK pale malt & whole wheat for the grain. Is there anyone else out there who has tried to copy this great beer? Or have any ideas of a possible hop schedule to try? Is it the wheat that will add “creaminess”?

Taking the info from their US (https://shipyard.com/content/american-pale-ale) site I would guess they have used Challenger for bittering and a combination of the above for aroma and dry hopping. I understand Shipyard teamed with Marstons to create this beer, so would also guess towards Ringwood yeast also.

You expert advice is muchly appreciated.

P.S if you see this somewhere – do not hesitate to grab one!

 

[HopWroester]

Did you ever get a recipe??

 

[clibit]

Some info here...

http://www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=73135

 

[stevey]

I think its on draught at all Wetherspoons' ;-)

 

[clibit]

It isn't in mine. But, I'll be honest, it's a good reliable pint, but there are plenty of better pale ales and English bitters brewed with American hops.

 

[rodabod]

^ this. There far, far better American pales ales than this. Start with Oscar Blues and Firestone Walker.

 

[Hops_and_Dreams]

I tried a bottle and didn't particularly rate it. My current shop bought beer of choice is Fuller's Wild River or Thornbridge Jaipur.

 

[kngsze]

Thanks for the feedback guys - never did get a recipe. Also never got round to giving it a go either, being fairly new to partials etc. I'd have no idea where to start with the hops etc.

I too have started to see it in my local Spoony's - the Devils Backbone IPA they seem to have all the time now is also a solid pint if you've not tried it.

clibit/rodabod - if there are better then I'd love to try them too! Never heard or seen any of those you mention around me though, unfortunately.

 

[rodabod]

Grab a tin of Bengal Tiger in Spoons. They should also have Brooklyn Lager, Sierra Nevada Pale, etc.

 

[clibit]

I love Bengali Tiger. £1.99 absolute bargain. The Flying Dog IPA bottles in Spoons are also great. Similar price, bit more i think.

 

[DoctorMick]

Lagunitas IPA is my go to in Spoons.

 

[clibit]

Lagunitas IPA is my go to in Spoons.

Lagunitas is good, but try the others if you haven't already. :thumb:

 

[HisDudeness]

I love Bengali Tiger. �£1.99 absolute bargain. The Flying Dog IPA bottles in Spoons are also great. Similar price, bit more i think.

Flying dog? Are those the ones with the Ralph steadman art on the bottles? Very nice if I remember rightly

 

[clibit]

Flying dog? Are those the ones with the Ralph steadman art on the bottles? Very nice if I remember rightly

Yes that's right, there's a pale ale and an IPA I think.

 

[BeerCat]

I had 3 pints of shipyard last night. I have to say i really like it. I was told its lagered but dunno if thats correct. Next time i go to spoons will try the others mentioned above. Cheers

 

[clibit]

Devils Backbone is another fairly similar Wetherspoons beer to the Shipyard, more similar than the Bengali Tiger, Flying Dog and Lagunitas anyway.

 

[rodabod]

There are two Flying Dog bottles in Spoons. I'd try the Snake Dog, and notice how amazing the malt flavour is!

 

[BeerisGOD]

I didn't see much point starting a new thread but my lord, I thank the chap in the pub who recommended this one last night.
It's on tap like another post says in spoons.what a belter of hop flavour.
It's been there with the lagar which my eyes overlook. If they have no hoppy beers this is definitely one to have as a back up.

 

[Spike101uk]

I made one that was a lot tweak using a John bull ipa and cascade, citra, centennial and amarillo hops, tasted close enough to be an awesome pint

 

[Godsdog]

I made one that was a lot tweak using a John bull ipa and cascade, citra, centennial and amarillo hops, tasted close enough to be an awesome pint

Aww cmon spike,where's your recipe and tweak so we can give it a go?